Know Your Meme’s Internet scientist Forest takes an in-depth look at this year’s meme tour de force “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” and its unlikely fan base known as Bronies.
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According to Google Images data, Australia’s latest craze “planking” is the most popular photo meme that involves people lying on the floor, surpassing Lying Down Game (UK) and Playing Dead (S. Korea).

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl put forth a that Planned Parenthood, a maternal and child health service organization, spent 90% of its budget towards abortion-related activities. Kyl’s spokespeople clarified that his claim was “not intended to be a factual statement.”

Anti-Zombie Fortress is the nickname given to an abandoned coal mine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, mainly due to its unique structural design that can be seen as highly impervious to zombie raids. While the mine shaft has become a popular destination in Japan for haiyakos (廃虚) or “urban excursion of abandoned buildings” since the mid-2000s, photographs of the tower became a subject of “anti-zombie” parodies and online discussions via social news hubsite Reddit in early April 2011.

On March 1st, Charlie Sheen (@CharlieSheen) joined Twitter. In just over 24 hours he gained 1 million followers (the fastest in Twitter’s history) and notable Charlie Sheen quotes like “Tiger blood” and “Winning” have been trending. According to For…